FreeBSD binary

[skhaz]

Hi,

Is there an official binary for FreeBSD? (enable Linux binary compatibility is not an option at the moment.)

Thanks!

[egypcio]

@skhaz,

if you need to install it on a FreeBSD machine, you can do it now using its ports tree. we added it with a slightly license restriction because it's not 100% clear if it may be redistributed; that means it will not be available as a package till we get the permission to do it.

the current port uses an unmodified version of the source code tagged as 2019.11.0

https://svnweb.freebsd.org/ports?view=revision&revision=517872

[neo-neo1]

I see you can download every binary at this github page except for FreeBSD. Why?

It's irrelevant if it's in the ports tree or not since appliances such as pfsense do not have it. On pfssnse pkg is available but A package is not available for ports https://www.freshports.org/net/cloudflared/

Guess I'll go to another product. Unfortunate.

[egypcio]

hello there! it's me again 👋

hi @neo-neo1,

I'm still maintaining the port (currently following 2022.2.0 source as is).

on top of that, the port still respects cloudflared's LICENSE in a way we are still not offering any binary package.

here we have a bugzilla ticket that also tracks the way we work that out: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=247047#c1 -- the comment expresses that publicly, that we are not even allowed to modify the source and such changes must be approved by cloudflared's development team, so patches MUST go to the upstream repository and not to the FreeBSD port itself.

back in 2019 I indeed mentioned the interest on serving binary packages for FreeBSD to Cloudflare. I also asked about doing it on IRC (and from time to time I still hang around); today it resides on libera.chat as #cloudflare

sadly it's far from clear if we are allowed to serve the FreeBSD binary package for cloudflared. once it's clear that we are allowed to serve its binary, I would be happy to "flip that switch" and make it happen.

CC: @skhaz @TownLake

[abelinkinbio]

Adding support for FreeBSD is on our radar and we're looking to do so in a limited capacity this quarter. We still have a few challenges to sort out on our side however.

As for our license, stay tuned to #464 for more updates.

[ralphshep]

Hello,
I'm also looking to install Cloudflared on FreeBSD (TrueNAS to be specific). Any future support for the platform would be greatly appreciated. I just tried using the port and didn't any success.

[egypcio]

Adding support for FreeBSD is on our radar and we're looking to do so in a limited capacity this quarter. We still have a few challenges to sort out on our side however.

As for our license, stay tuned to #464 for more updates.

@abelinkinbio,

after 2022.2.1 was released and #464 was resolved, we now have an official FreeBSD port that allows the distribution of a binary package for cloudflared!

thank you and all the others behind the scenes (including @skhaz, @neo-neo1 and many more).

here's the official commit on FreeBSD's git repository that tracks and documents the change: https://cgit.freebsd.org/ports/commit/?id=90f6b25ceeea305630ceb5e09ce7c4391e761096

now we just need to wait until the package is built, and soon it will be available under the latest branch of pkg; it will take longer to land on the quarterly branch still.

• for those not familiar with the "latest" branch, when we're talking about FreeBSD's pkg:

FreeBSD: {
    url: "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest"
}

that's it! good luck and have fun 😈

obrigado

[neo-neo1]

Adding support for FreeBSD is on our radar and we're looking to do so in a limited capacity this quarter. We still have a few challenges to sort out on our side however.
As for our license, stay tuned to #464 for more updates.

@abelinkinbio,

after 2022.2.1 was released and #464 was resolved, we now have an official FreeBSD port that allows the distribution of a binary package for cloudflared!

thank you and all the others behind the scenes (including @skhaz, @neo-neo1 and many more).

• for those not familiar with the "latest" branch, when we're talking about FreeBSD's pkg:

FreeBSD: {
    url: "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest"
}

that's it! good luck and have fun 😈

obrigado

Awesome, excellent work! Can’t wait to install it soon

[neo-neo1]

@egypcio Any estimate when the pkg will be made available? I’ve been checking everyday since the announcement. Thanks in advance!

[egypcio]

@egypcio Any estimate when the pkg will be made available? I’ve been checking everyday since the announcement. Thanks in advance!

@neo-neo1,
there's a package available already.

root@tak:~ # date ; uname -rmsUK ; pkg update -f ; pkg search -U cloudflared
Sun Feb 27 11:21:19 UTC 2022
FreeBSD 14.0-CURRENT amd64 1400053 1400053
Updating FreeBSD repository catalogue...
Fetching meta.conf: 100%    163 B   0.2kB/s    00:01
Fetching packagesite.pkg: 100%    6 MiB   6.7MB/s    00:01
Processing entries: 100%
FreeBSD repository update completed. 30955 packages processed.
All repositories are up to date.
cloudflared-2022.2.1           Cloudflare's Argo Tunnel client

though I'm running 14.0-CURRENT, I can confirm that packages for 12 and 13 are also available.

worth mentioning (again) that it's on the latest branch of pkg's repositories, as described before.

root@tak:~ # cat /usr/local/etc/pkg/repos/FreeBSD.conf
FreeBSD: {
  url: "pkg+https://pkg.freebsd.org/${ABI}/latest",
  mirror_type: "srv",
  signature_type: "fingerprints",
  fingerprints: "/usr/share/keys/pkg",
  enabled: yes
}

to get a bit more information about how things work with pkg and its official repositories, you can jump into this forum thread here. if you are already sure about the decision of changing branches there, you might want to ready only this post.

⚠️ please be aware that modifying those settings will affect how other packages receive patches and updates as a whole too. this is that well-known "do at your own risk" advice 😅 just in case.

PS: I'd say this issue can be closed, right? 🤔 //ping @skhaz @abelinkinbio

[Marietto2008]

I tried to install cloudflare warp for Linux on the Linuxulator for FreeBSD 14,but it failed :

unable to set CAP_SETFCAP effective capability: Operation not permitted
setcap failed on /bin/warp-svc
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
# cloudflare-warp
bash: cloudflare-warp: command not found

can be fixed ?